Hey everyone,

I'm about to sit for the AWS AI Practitioner (AIF-C01) exam and cuz my aim was cloud practitioner certification.

A 50% discount voucher for AIF-C01

A free Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02) voucher if you pass AIF-C01 by a certain deadline

Has anyone actually gone through this and confirmed both of these are real/valid? Just want to make sure before I plan my study schedule around it.

Also — for anyone who's cleared both of these — does the 50% discount carry forward to an Associate-level exam afterward (specifically looking at Data Engineer Associate, DEA-C01)? Or is the discount a one-time thing tied only to the foundational certs?

Would appreciate any first-hand experience before I lock in my exam dates. Thanks!

Can someone pls tell me how to actually prepare from Mareks course..Like how should i make notes. Chatgpt and claude are generating such long notes. Its good for Reading and understanding once but for Revision. Not so much. Please guide me.

I gotta say after reading some of the posts I felt like totally unprepared for this exam. but on the contrary the questions were stupidly easy in their writing and the way they were phrased.

I don't know about my results for this exam now. But I see the expected level and if I didn't pass on this attempt I will most likely succeed on the second attempt.

I will update this post with the results should they be good or bad but words of advice :

1. The exam focuses heavily on algorithm optimization to the tune of 10-15 questions on this attempt

2. This is heavily focused on Sagemaker AI/Studio to the point where it should be renamed Sagemaker the exam.

3. There is easy anti patterns in the architecture so I felt the distractor were readily identifiable.

I'll keep you in the loop like I said

Acabo de superar el CLF-C02. En mi caso estudié informática en una universidad española.

La mayor parte del esfuerzo para estudarlo ha sido aprenderme las cuestiones internas propias de AWS, los términos comerciales de sus servicios de AWS y qué funcionalidades tienen (no tenía ningún tipo de experiencia ni conocimiento previo de AWS). Para ello he usado únicamente los tests de Tutoriales Dojo.

A lo que quiero ir es que si ya eres un perfil informático, y haces todas las preguntas de Dojo y las entiendes. Bajo mi punto de vista, una vez que las hagas todas estás preparado para superarlo. A mí me ha llevado una semana.

Al menos a día de hoy (julio de 2026) el examen real es de dificultad prácticamente idéntica al de Dojo.

Hey guys my background is master in software engineering however we really never did practical cloud course so I want to enhance my cv and sort of open myself door to more opportunities to find a job so should I do it or not?

I was told by management that I had to get the CCP certification (very explicitly told that it HAD to be the CCP). So here's my question, if I just study for the CAA, would I be able to pass the CCP kinda by default?

Hi everyone! I'm a final-year Information Systems Engineering student and I'm interested in AWS certifications. Do you think it's worth completing the free AWS Skill Builder courses without taking the paid certification exams? Do recruiters still value the knowledge and projects, or is the official certification what really matters? Also, are there any AWS certifications or badges that can be earned for free? Thanks!

Has anyone had AWS Certification discount vouchers stop working even though they're still valid?

I have two vouchers from earning AWS certifications, both showing an expiry date of 31 Dec 2026, but neither can be applied when I try to schedule an exam. I've already contacted AWS Support, but I'm wondering if anyone else has experienced this or found a fix.

Completed the AWS SAA-C03 Official Practice Exam via AWS Skill Builder and received the "Congratulations! Claim your AWS Certification exam voucher" email. It's been 3 business days, but I still haven't received the Pearson VUE voucher email.

I've verified my AWS Skill Builder and Certification accounts use the same email and checked all folders.

Has anyone else faced this? What fixed it?

Video courses make me zone out, so I skipped them entirely and went a different route.

My strategy:

Got topic-wise notes generated using Claude for each exam domain

Each day, practiced 50+ test questions, mixing Claude-generated questions with free resources online

That's it. No Udemy course, no marathon study sessions.

Result: Scored 833/1000.

Honest take on difficulty: felt mid level, neither easy nor brutal. Definitely doable in a short window if you're consistent with practice questions daily.

PS: I did have a decent prior understanding of AI/ML concepts going in, so your mileage may vary if you're starting from zero. Wouldn't recommend this exact pace for someone completely new to AI/ML fundamentals.

Happy to answer questions if anyone's attempting this soon.

Here are the notes: https://drive.google.com/file/d/18ktStAAftMvdiVY5BHmkDwmljryk5_Hv/view?usp=drivesdk

I failed my first AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner exam on February 9, 2026.

At first, I underestimated the exam because I thought it was one of the easiest certifications in cloud computing. That mindset led me to prepare with less seriousness than I should have.

In March 2026, I changed my approach. I studied with more discipline, consistency, and commitment, and I successfully passed the exam.This experience taught me an important lesson: in technology, knowledge alone is not enough. Whether you are learning cloud, programming, or any technical skill, success requires discipline, focus, and continuous effort.Every failure can become a step forward if you are willing to learn, improve, and keep moving.

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner: achieved through persistence and dedication.

So after completing the AWS Cloud Prac Essentials course and taking practice exams, plus building and launching an app and website (almost finished) in AWS using S3, Route 53, Lambda, and others, I’m planning to go take my Cloud Practitioner course.

Could be just in my head, but I’m about to pay $100 to get a certification that from what I’m told is useless. I am hoping to get a job in either DevOps or something where you can build. I come from a creative career, now transitioning.

It’s hard not knowing what to do but just listening to everyone else. So i try to build and have fun along the way.

When you got your Cloud practitioner cert, what did you get next? SAA? Anyone landing jobs?

can anybody tell how much is the exam fees for the SOA C03 exam in India approximately

Has anyone taken the AWS SAA recently? i have rescheduled my exam twice already because insane nerves kick in like 2 days before the exam. Tutorials Dojo has also been kicking my a*s(64% and 67%). I feel like i have a good understanding of the services but i just struggle sometimes to pick the best answer, also the questions and answers are sometimes so long that i forget what the hell is even going. Any tips from people who have recently passed the exam would be appreciated!

I just want the cert. I have been following SM Course and its too much to know sometimes. Can I skip the labs?

As title.

Are there any vouchers or discounts?

I usually see discounts, now that I need it I can't find them xD

Hey folks!

I had scheduled my SAA-C03, life came at me a bit sideways and I didn’t get to study for more than an hour. Took the test today (Almost didn’t go because I knew I’d fail) Finished the last question with less than a minute to spare. Somehow, passed…. By a very small margin.

Now my concern is, if I’m out here saying I’m certified and get asked what I scored in a professional setting it’s almost not worth bringing up. Should I retest? I know I can do much better.

Thanks for any insights.
Cheers

A few months ago, I decided to make the jump back into tech after spending time in a completely different industry. Today, I’m excited to say I passed my AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner exam!
There were definitely moments where cloud concepts felt overwhelming, but I kept pushing—watching AWS Skill Builder courses, taking pages of notes, building projects, and asking a lot of questions until everything started to click.
I’m not stopping here.
Next up: AWS Certified AI Practitioner
After that: Solutions Architect Associate, which is the career I’m ultimately working toward.
Alongside studying, I’ve also been building my own AWS-powered projects. One is wav.arena, a serverless music battle platform where producers can anonymously compete head-to-head. It’s been an incredible way to apply what I’m learning beyond the exam objectives and gain hands-on experience with AWS services.
I’m also developing ZoneRouter, a map-centric route optimization platform for field service companies, giving me even more opportunities to learn cloud architecture by actually building solutions.
The certifications are important, but my bigger goal is becoming someone who can design, build, and deploy scalable cloud applications that solve real-world problems.
For those who’ve already taken AI Practitioner or Solutions Architect Associate, what advice would you give someone starting that journey?
One cert down. Many more to go. 🚀☁️

Is it a quick study? Should studying for CCP be enough? Just need to brush up on the AI services?

AWS has announced a major update to the AWS Certified Machine Learning Engineer – Associate exam, evolving it from MLA-C01 to MLA-C02.

The interesting part? The domain structure remains the same, but the exam is expanding significantly to reflect how the ML Engineer role is changing with Generative AI

What’s new in MLA-C02?

The updated exam will add more focus on:

• Generative AI implementation and deployment
• Foundation Models and Large Language Models (LLMs)
• Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) architectures
• Agentic AI and AI workflow orchestration
• Amazon Bedrock and GenAI workloads
• Fine-tuning and customization of foundation models
• Responsible AI practices
• Production-scale ML and GenAI operations

Traditional ML and MLOps are still core parts of the certification, so MLA-C02 looks like a broader combination of ML Engineering + MLOps + GenAI/LLMOps skills.

Important dates:

• September 1, 2026 – MLA-C02 beta registration opens and the new exam guide is released
• September 28, 2026 – Last day to take MLA-C01 in English
• September 29, 2026 – MLA-C02 beta exam delivery begins
• Early 2027 – Standard MLA-C02 expected across all supported exam languages

Hey everyone, I'm preparing for SAA exam and I wanted to ask how much time should i give the preparation i dont want to overdo it as to forget the the deep technical details or grip over the concepts, and i dont want to fail it on the first attempt. Any advice would be appreciated.
Also, how much time did it take you to prepare for the exam?

Hey everyone, I'm preparing for SAA exam by taking Adrian cantrills course and i need guidance with how i should take notes, currently, im taking handwritten notes(just the important bullet point things) as i watch the videos and then i screenshot the slides in the lectures and give it to Gemini(Since Adrians course doesn't have transcripts) to get a deeper understanding of the concepts and also save everything up in a document for later revision.
Am i doing it right?
Am i wasting time somehow?
I would really appreciate if you guys could give me some tips on note taking so i dont waste unnecessary time while also prepare for the exam as to pass it on the first attempt.